The Twitter account, which has been running for less than a month, tweets clues which lead students to envelopes of cash hidden around their university. Student who find the money are encouraged to tweet a selfie with the envelope in order to double their prize.

The account has already built up over 500 followers, and recently received publicity in the Guardian. Richard Booth, who works at a student marketing company and is behind the account, told the Guardian, ‘I work closely with students and hire quite a few. They are under a lot of financial strains – nothing new I know, but it’s especially hard for them with the increased tuition fees and increased living costs.’

The twitter account started not long after @hiddencash_UK made an appearance, encouraging UK residents to follow clues to find cash drops in cities from Sheffield to Brighton.

Image via @hiddencash_UK

Hidden Cash UK appears to be a spin-off of US cousin @hiddencash, which dubs itself ‘An anonymous social experiment for good,’ and has already built up well over 600,000 followers.